Most of you know of, or have heard of, the tradition in Motown
where Detroit Red Wings fans will throw dead octopi on the ice
during home games. Well, did you know there’s a similar, albeit
less well known, tradition in Northern Manitoba, only instead of
eight legged sea creatures the fans toss severed moose legs onto
the ice?

Yeah, neither did we.

This past Monday night during the playoff series between the
Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) Blizzard and Dauphin Kings of the
Manitoba Junior Hockey League, a fan was so excited that the
Blizzard had defeated the Kings in Game 6 to force a deciding
Game 7 that they tossed said moose leg onto the ice. How they got
the animal limb into the arena in the first place is anyone’s
guess, but it’s safe to assume there was a fair bit of subterfuge
involved.

Wonder how that three-legged moose would feel knowing his
cloven-hoofed appendage was part of hockey tradition? I’ll say he
doesn’t care one bit, seeing that he’s more than likely dead
and/or the main ingredient in a mouthwatering stew.